Artie your trace route traveled on a Time Warner Backbone (twtelecom.net) and then went to ( Amsterdam (tinet.net) to get to a server in L.A.
To be more specific it went onto the RIPE.NET and on to Germany.
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% Information related to '89.149.185.0 - 89.149.185.255'
inetnum: 89.149.185.0 - 89.149.185.255
netname: NACNET-EU
descr: Tiscali International Network B.V.
descr: Robert-Bosch-Str. 32
descr: D-63303 Dreieich
country: DE
admin-c: SE33-RIPE
tech-c: TIS333-RIPE
status: ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by: TISCALI-INT-NET
source: RIPE # Filtered
role: Tiscali International
address: Tinet SpA
address: Hugenottenallee 167
address: 63263 Neu-Isenburg
address: Germany
phone: +49 6102 8235381
fax-no: +49 6102 8235389
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